H.R.83 : To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, popularly known as the Lacey Act, to add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped.
Sponsor: Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

S.726 : A bill to amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and shipment of certain species of carp.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 3/1/2007)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 3/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

H.R.260 : To establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to support efforts to prevent, control, and eradicate invasive species, as well as to educate citizens and stakeholders and restore ecosystems.
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] (introduced 1/5/2007)      Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Science and Technology; House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Natural Resources; House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/7/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

H.R.1422 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] (introduced 3/8/2007)      Cosponsors (44)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/8/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

S.658 : A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve the process for listing, recovery planning, and delisting, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Thomas, Craig [WY] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

S.725 : A bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that Act.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 3/1/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 3/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

H.R.889 : To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to establish vessel ballast water management requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] (introduced 2/7/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

H.R.767 : To protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats at national wildlife refuges through cooperative, incentive-based grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] (introduced 1/31/2007) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 6/21/2007 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.790 : To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] (introduced 1/31/2007) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/7/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

H.R.1350 : To establish a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] (introduced 3/6/2007) Cosponsors (45)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Natural Resources; House Science and Technology; House Administration
Latest Major Action: 3/21/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

H.R.1495 : To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] (introduced 3/13/2007) Cosponsors(3)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
House Reports: 110-80
Latest Major Action: 5/17/2007 Resolving differences -- Senate actions. Status: Senate appointed conferees. Boxer; Baucus; Lieberman; Carper; Clinton; Lautenberg; Inhofe; Warner; Voinovich; Isakson; Vitter.

S.564 : A bill to modernize water resources planning, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 2/13/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

H.R.1551 : To reauthorize Department of Agriculture conservation and energy programs and certain other programs of the Department, to modify the operation and administration of these programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] (introduced 3/15/2007) Cosponsors (125)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Education and Labor; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/27/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

S.919 : A bill to reauthorize Department of Agriculture conservation and energy programs and certain other programs of the Department, to modify the operation and administration of these programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] (introduced 3/20/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

S.1424 : A bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] (introduced 5/17/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.1029 : A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide incentives to landowners to protect and improve streams and riparian habitat.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

H.R.720 : To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] (introduced 1/30/2007) Cosponsors (32)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; Senate Environment and Public Works
House Reports: 110-30
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

S.232 : A bill to make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement agreements.
Sponsor: Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] (introduced 1/9/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-8
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 33.

H.R.1152 : To reserve a small percentage of the amounts made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the farmland protection program to fund challenge grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements and other interests in land to be held by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.

H.R.2010 : To provide the necessary authority to the Secretary of Commerce for the establishment and implementation of a regulatory system for offshore aquaculture in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (by request) (introduced 4/24/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Ways and Means; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Hearing testimony by Tim Eichenberg, Pacific Regional Director, Ocean Conservancy

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture/offshore.htm

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/fish/fish-farming/offshore/OOA-bill-2007

S.533 : A bill to amend the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to prohibit the issuance of permits for marine aquaculture facilities until requirements for the permits are enacted into law.
Sponsor: Sen Murkowski, Lisa [AK] (introduced 2/8/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

S.1609 : A bill to provide the necessary authority to the Secretary of Commerce for the establishment and implementation of a regulatory system for offshore aquaculture in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] (by request) (introduced 6/13/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 6/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.741 : A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to establish a grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial fishermen, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] (introduced 3/1/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

H.R.2381
Title: To promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] (introduced 5/17/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Latest Major Action: 7/11/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Bill Announcement from Rep. Kind